The average local room rate of $71.87 — relatively moderate compared to most parts of Oregon — edged up 4.8 percent, while the statewide average crept up 4.5 percent to $89.15. The national average room rate of $109.24 during January was up a paltry 2.9 percent.

Local occupancy climbed 7.1 percent to 37-percent of full house, while the Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge area, hit hard by the lack of snow, declined 3.4 percent. Occupancy grew 6.1 percent in Oregon and 2.9 percent nationally.